2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100x.2008.00484.x
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Current and Potential Roles of Soil Macroinvertebrates (Earthworms, Millipedes, and Isopods) in Ecological Restoration

Abstract: Soil macroinvertebrates have a considerable impact on soil functions important to the restoration process, such as decomposition; yet, soil organisms have received relatively little attention in restoration ecology in terms of their applicability as agents of restoration. Here, we review how large obligate detritivores (earthworms, millipedes, and isopods) have been used to accomplish restoration goals, assess restoration progress, and function as bioindicators. Patterns of detritivore community succession and… Show more

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“…Woodlice have been previously found to be unaffected by urban site age (Bolger et al, 2000) although in general, woodlice diversity and abundance is expected to increase with site age (Synder & Hendrix, 2008). In California, the total number of orders was also unrelated to site age (Bolger et al, 2000) Site age was also important in determining butterfly and moth communities on road intersection reservations in south east Finland (Valtonen et al, 2007) and grasshopper and leafhopper communities in urban brownfield sites in Bremen and Berlin in Germany (Strauss & Biedermann, 2006).…”
Section: Site Agementioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Woodlice have been previously found to be unaffected by urban site age (Bolger et al, 2000) although in general, woodlice diversity and abundance is expected to increase with site age (Synder & Hendrix, 2008). In California, the total number of orders was also unrelated to site age (Bolger et al, 2000) Site age was also important in determining butterfly and moth communities on road intersection reservations in south east Finland (Valtonen et al, 2007) and grasshopper and leafhopper communities in urban brownfield sites in Bremen and Berlin in Germany (Strauss & Biedermann, 2006).…”
Section: Site Agementioning
confidence: 98%
“…McIntyre (2000) hypothesises that invertebrate diversity should increase with the age of an urbanised site, at least in part because of the addition of exotic species. Also, as sites age, there is succession of the vegetation present (Val-Bolger et al (2000) Release tonen et al, 2007) which may be related to increased habitat heterogeneity from stratification during vegetation succession (Odum, 1969;Synder & Hendrix, 2008) which in turn increases the niches available to invertebrates. Positive correlations between site age and invertebrates were found for Lepidoptera species richness on intersection reservations in south eastern Finland (Valtonen et al, 2007), leafhopper species diversity and evenness in parks in Warsaw, Poland (Chudzicka, 1986), and spider diversity on a university campus in Japan (Okuma & Kitazawa, 1982).…”
Section: Site Agementioning
confidence: 99%
“…As atividades desses organismos, escavação e, ou, ingestão e transporte de material mineral e orgânico no solo, conduzem à criação de estruturas biogênicas (galerias, ninhos, câmaras e bolotas fecais), as quais influenciam na agregação do solo, nas propriedades hidráulicas, na dinâmica da matéria orgânica e na composição, abundância e diversidade de outros organismos do solo (Lavelle & Spain, 2001). Pela diversidade e magnitude das funções que realizam no ambiente do solo, alguns desses macroinvertebrados têm sido vistos não só como indicadores, mas também como agentes da restauração de ambientes degradados (Snyder & Hendrix, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…9). Apesar de pouco frequentes nos locais estudados, os isópodos, organismos que fragmentam a serapilheira acelerando a decomposição e a ciclagem de nutrientes (Snyder e Hendrix, 2008;Moço et al, 2005) são raros em locais abertos (Nakamura et al, 2003) Por sua grande biomassa e atividade, as formigas desempenham um papel importante no fluxo de energia nos ecossistemas terrestres (Gillott, 2005) e muitas espécies são importantes agentes na aceleração da decomposição da serapilheira (Mcglynn e Poirson, 2012). Além disso, os impactos que estes insetos exercem nos ecossistemas vão além da energia que flui através de suas interações tróficas com as comunidades.…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
“…Por isso, sua ocorrência em uma floresta restaurada indica a presença de condições favoráveis ao desenvolvimento desta floresta no que diz respeito à eficiência na ciclagem de nutrientes (Snyder e Hendrix, 2008;Nakamura et al, 2003). Não somente os detritívoros são capazes de responder às alterações do meio florestal.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified